Use of an intelligent control system to evaluate multiparametric effects on iron oxidation by thermophilic bacteria

Applied and Environmental Microbiology

Volumn 64, Issue 11, 1998, Pages 4555-4565

  Stoner, Daphne L ^a   Miller, Karen S ^a   Fife, Dee Jay ^a   Larsen, Eric D ^a   Tolle, Charles R ^a   Johnson, John A ^a  

^a Lockheed Martin Idaho Technology Company   (United States)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

ARTICLE; ARTIFICIAL INTELLIGENCE; BACTERIAL GROWTH; COMPUTER PROGRAM; CONTROL SYSTEM; CONTROLLED STUDY; IRON METABOLISM; NONHUMAN; OXIDATION; PARAMETER; PH; TEMPERATURE; THERMOPHILIC BACTERIUM;

BACTERIA (MICROORGANISMS);

EID: 0031734354     PISSN: 00992240     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1128/aem.64.11.4555-4565.1998     Document Type: Article

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